Helping people focus on what they want most

Believe You Can Coaching

Sport. Work. Life.

…and almost everything in between

Welcome to Believe You Can Coaching. Leadership, performance and life coaching for individuals and teams wanting greater clarity, focus and purpose.

I’m Mike. I’ve spent 23 years as an officer in the British Army’s elite Parachute Regiment, leading people numbering 30 to over 1,000 in some of the most hostile places on the planet. I’ve built and led teams who have achieved remarkable success via empowerment, common purpose and a ruthless focus on priorities. My unique, values and strengths-based coaching practice is helping people and organisations achieve extraordinary things. BYC Coaching specialises in Servant Leadership, Communicating under Pressure, Elite Execution and Purposeful Living, across numerous sectors.

Mike Shervington Performance Life Coaching Central Coast

What are my Values?

Believe You Can Values - Belief

Discipline

For me, Abraham Lincoln had the perfect definition of discipline, as being able to choose between what you want now and what you want most. ‘Now’ may provide immediate satisfaction, but ‘Most’ keeps your eyes on the prize.

Believe You Can Values - Discipline

Belief

Theodore Roosevelt’s maxim “Believe you can and you’re halfway there” has propelled me forward for over 30 years. The power and impact of positive thinking has fuelled every one of my successful endeavours.
Believe You Can Values - Service to Others

Service

The British Army taught me that true and impactful leadership comes from serving others. Servant Leadership, or Service more broadly, has been a core, driving value of mine for over 30 years. 

How do I coach?

By focusing on you. By asking you questions and listening to your answers. By making you the most important person in the room. Just look at my logo. That’s you walking up the metaphorical mountain; I’m simply helping to illuminate your path. Your ascent is about Self-Mastery, Virtuous Growth and Resonant Connection. Let me explain those 3 pillars.

Self or Team Mastery depends on knowing and operating in accordance with your values. Simple to say, harder to execute. Second, virtuous growth builds on your individual or collective strengths and your hidden talents. And third, Resonant Connection. Because so many of today’s connections are only skin-deep, which tend to prevent us from getting the very best out of people.

My coaching approach is directed, focused and supportive, whether during our sessions or in between. I’ll rarely give you a fish, but I’ll always teach you how to fish. It’s full on, hell I’m full on, because often that’s what it takes.

Believe You Can Coaching. Helping People Focus

What are some of my client’s challenges and goals?

My clients want to improve their leadership, lifestyles, habits and behaviours. They want to live more purposeful, structured and disciplined lives. They want to exceed expectations, to break free from the shackles that are holding them back. My clients have included corporate executives, military leaders, athletes, sales people and plenty in between. Ultimately they all want to make an impact by living purposefully and leading with integrity.  

What are our next steps?

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Discovery Call

We have a short phone call or quick coffee (sometimes both!) so I can listen to your challenges, discuss coaching and see if we fit. I’ll run through the coaching programmes, after which you have time to choose the best option. Once that’s done, we begin the rapid onboarding process and book in your Foundation Session.

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Foundation Session

Ideally we meet in person for this powerful, crucial and focused baseline session which might last up to 2 hours. We discuss your DISC or Hogan psychometric assessment; the answers to some reflective questions I’ve sent you during the onboarding process; and the outcome of any exercises I’ve already given you. The purpose of the Foundation Session is simple – your priorities. 

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Coaching

We then get on with it, in hourly sessions, in person, on the phone or online. In between I’ll send you text messages, thoughts and inspiring quotes. I’m at the end of the phone and I’ll ask you to send me progress updates. And I’m absolutely not interested in stringing it out. My goal is to help you reach your summit in the best shape and shortest possible time.

Programmes:

One Step at a Time

90 minute Foundation Session

Optional Psychometric Assessment (DISC or Hogan)

One coaching session in person, online or on phone

Phone & text support around the session

Scaling a Range

The Ultimate

90 minute Foundation Session

Hogan Lead Series Psychometric Assessment

6 coaching sessions – in person, online or on phone

Phone & text support throughout

Scaling One Peak

90 minute Foundation Session

DISC Psychometric Assessment

6 coaching sessions in person, online or on phone

Tools, tips and recommendations

Phone & text support throughout

Tailored group programmes on request

Client Testimonials

Mike is a fantastic Life & Performance Coach and I would recommend him to anyone. I have been working with Mike for some time now and can honestly say that I would not be where I am today without his help and support. At 30, while friends were buying houses, getting married, having babies and going into the settling part of their lives, I decided to career change. I had known for some time that I was on the wrong path and when life decided to throw me a curve ball I took this as a sign that something needed to change. Friends and family thought I was mad for leaving a career I had spent a decade building but MIKE didn’t. He completely understood my reasoning’s for wanting to leave a ‘successful’ career and start doing something that I could see myself doing forever. He helped me understand why it was that I didn’t feel like I was on the right path, he helped me identify exactly where I wanted to go and most importantly made me genuinely believe that I could do what it was that I wanted to do!

Mike would help me devise action plans to take away and tick off week by week. He would challenge my self-doubt and support me in moments of weakness. I always hear people say that the hardest thing is starting when it comes to new businesses and oh my goodness this is so true. Having Mike there as my wing man made me feel like I could achieve anything, that big scary goal was broken down into little tiny pieces and slowly but surely I have been ticking them off one step at a time until one day I finally took a moment of reflection and thought, Oh my goodness I have done it! I am now very excited to see where the future takes me and I know that every time I have another little mountain to climb, Military Mike will be there helping me shine the way.

Sarah

I was lost and at a major cross roads in my life. I didn’t know what to do and I believed I didn’t have any way of getting myself back on track.

It seems that I did actually know all the answers, I just wasn’t asking myself the right questions.

Mike asked the right questions, is extremely professional and an incredible listener. He has the talent to help you find yourself. It was an amazing experience. Now my journey is focused, targeted and meaningful.

Arete

What a fantastic business! Mike was amazing, he sat down with me and listened to what I needed to present, asked lots of questions to focus my thoughts on a clear presentation with an outcome I was happy and proud to have my name on. Mike spoke truths to me when my insecurities made me unsure of myself, and he took the pressure off me needing to do the technical element of putting together a smooth presentation, and allowing me to focus on what I wanted to communicate. He helped create an efficient flow to the evening through careful selection of order of events with the right people to help present them. I would recommend Mike and his skills to anyone.
Kate

Coaching with Mike has been great. I felt like he really believed I was capable of so much more and inspired me to push myself out of my comfort zone and commit to being the best version of myself.

Mike is brilliant at asking the right questions that brought awareness to where my life was out of balance and what I could do to move forward.

I feel I have a clear purpose moving forward and achieved things that I didn’t feel I could before. I would recommend Mike to everyone.

Jordan

I was initially skeptical of coaching, but my experience was incredibly beneficial. I sought their help for a last-minute presentation, and in just a week, I gained invaluable insights that not only aided me on the presentation day but will also benefit me long-term. Their service was dedicated and professional, and I’d recommend it to anyone.
Joe

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